Four Hundred and Eighty Eighth Fishing

The Spaniard has created many firsts in St. Augustine.

The first European settlement in North America, the first colony, the first town, the first prison, the first liberation of black human rights, the first wall and protection specifically for colored people...

The San Marcos coastal defense fort in front of Lorraine is also number one.

It was the first masonry castle built on the North American continent.

The history of Fort St. Augustine is bloody and thick. Especially in 1586, after Francis, the ancestor of Lorraine, broke through and burned the entire town, the Indians learned from experience and began to use fire attacks more and more to destroy city defense facilities.

In order to gain a foothold in St. Augustine, the Spaniards were forced to use non-combustible materials to rebuild the town, and in 1672 built the current San Marcos coastal defense fort.

From the beginning of its construction, the castle has placed heavy expectations of the Spaniards.

They wanted it to be fireproof, so they dug a moat for it, and used a large number of concrete bricks fired from shells, lime, and sand to build the main structure, and further reinforced it with stronger bluestone in key parts.

They want it to resist pirates, so the castle was built on the Atlantic Ocean, on the outskirts of the town. Four large forts were set up on the fort, and a total of 24 large-caliber coastal fire prevention guns were placed.

They wanted it to fight against the Indians, so a huge diamond-shaped horse face was added at the corner of the traditional square wall. No matter where the Indians attacked, the defenders could gain the advantage of double-teaming on the wall.

San Marcos Castle lived up to the hopes of its builders.

From 1672 to 1763, although the town of St. Augustine was destroyed several times, the castle never fell. The Spanish musketeers fought 15 bloody battles with powerful enemies here, winning 15 of 15 battles, and preserved a large number of castles for St. Augustine. Yuanqi is the most trustworthy Noah's Ark in the minds of all townspeople.

The carriage stopped in front of the porthole of the castle. Lorraine jumped out of the carriage, turned around, and helped Carmen out of the carriage.

Today's Carmen chose a set of warm green narrow-shouldered one-piece skirt. The simple design of the clothes does not contain a hint of fancy. There is no obvious make-up on the pretty face, and even the hair is simply put up. There are sporadic and elegant embroidered patterns on the fabric, which more and more bring out the pure temperament of the owner.

This is really uncaring.

Although most of Carmen would restrain her makeup to avoid overdoing her aura when matching the scenes in Lorraine, but that kind of restraint is often a restraint of wisdom, highlighting her beauty, and such a simple and fresh appearance, at least in Lorraine's impression, seems to be It's the first time.

Lorraine guessed all the way but failed to guess Carmen's intentions. Seeing that he was about to meet with the Lord, he finally couldn't help asking: "Carmen, is the governor of Turase a daughter-in-law?"

"Daughter control?" Carmen took a while to understand Lorraine's meaning, and she rolled her eyes cautiously, "No, he is a fishing enthusiast and an amateur silk collector."

"Silk..." Lorraine looked at Carmen's long skirt again as if she had realized something.

Swimming carp and lotus, egret looking at the sky...

This plain-looking long dress is not plain at all. If Lorraine guesses correctly, it should be cut from a whole piece of embroidered Shu brocade, in order to preserve the integrity of the embroidery patterns and the elegance of the brocade. , which gave up other embellishments.

The little fox smiled like a Carmen: "See?"

Lorraine nodded depressedly: "I'm just curious, which comes first, the clothes or the embroidery?"

"It's made to order." Carmen stuck out her tongue, "20 embroiderers in the Qing Dynasty embroidered for three years, and my tailor lived in Guangzhou for three years."

"Wow……"

With a perfunctory admiration, Lorraine propped up his elbow to let Carmen pull it up,

The two moved forward together, and the referrer of this meeting, the mayor of Fort St. Augustine, Mayor Dipuyani, was waiting outside the gate of the castle.

"Welcome to the eternal castle." He said to the two, "Your Excellency is waiting for you at the pier."

"The mayor, please guide us." Carmen bowed and saluted.

"my pleasure."

The pier refers to the subsidiary pier of the San Marcos coastal defense fortress. Its main function is to transport supplies and personnel to the interior of the castle when the land passage is blocked.

Therefore, the scale of the terminal is very small. There are only two plank roads in total, and there are four medium-sized cargo berths in total. Moreover, it is not connected to the land at all, and can only pass through the castle.

A group of three people entered the castle, passed through a deep doorway more than 15 meters thick, and passed through a wide and flat patio atrium.

Lorraine saw a red background and blue robes on the city wall, and the patrolling army was fully dressed. This seemed to be the first time on the land of Spain.

Lorraine couldn't help feeling: "St. Augustine is the most dangerous Spanish town I have ever seen."

The mayor of Dipuyani replied with a smile: "We have never forgotten history. Every resident here knows that the next war will come at any time."

He pointed to the atrium under his feet: "Every March, the whole town will have a day off. We organize evacuation drills here. Women, children and the elderly set up tents in the atrium, and men go to the city to participate in patrols. Christmas is as big a holiday as it is.”

"Please allow me to pay tribute to the residents of St. Augustine." Lorraine bowed slightly.

The three continued to move forward, passing through the doorway again from the atrium, and reaching the pier.

From afar, Lorraine saw a muscular middle-aged man concentrating on a fishing rod by the seawall.

He pulled the fishing rod in an irregular rhythm, lifted it once, stopped for a while, and the hammer at the bottom of the rod slowly tightened, which complemented the pulling rhythm.

The mayor of Dipuyani wanted to go forward to report, but Lorraine held him back and gestured with his index finger to wait.

The three waited by the seawall.

After a while, the buoy on the fishing line sank suddenly, and the loose fishing line collapsed straight.

The middle-aged man's spirit became more and more concentrated, and he tightened the fishing rod, steadily and slowly, tightening the fishing line round by round.

Crash!

The hooked fish jumped out of the water, leaving a bright silver light in people's field of vision, and quickly jumped back into the water.

Lorraine could see the appearance of the fish clearly. It was silver in color with spots on its dorsal fin.

This fish is at least 60 centimeters long, with powerful jumping movements and eye-catching hooked jaws.

If Lorraine is not mistaken, this is a medium-sized, vigorous Atlantic coho salmon.

The fight between the fisherman and the fisherman lasted for about 15 minutes, and the fish was exhausted before being dragged ashore.

The fisherman smiled triumphantly at Lorraine, holding the catch: "President Drake, from the perspective of young people, you are more patient than most people. I think I already know the secret of your success."

"It's true that being good at waiting is one of the secrets of my success, but it's by no means the only one."

Lorraine looked at all kinds of strange ornaments around the fisherman, suddenly pressed the spring, and popped out the umbrella sword with him.

"This is the first time in my life that I have cooked for my host while I am a guest. Do give me this opportunity, Sir Tussela."